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534 BCE
ERA : greek tragedy
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534 BCE
Thespis
author with the invention of dialogue -
523 BCE
Aeschylus
author of agamemnon, father of tragedy, ancient greek tradition. introduced the second actor! -
496 BCE
Sophocles
author who introduced third actor! reduced chorus. -
480 BCE
Euripedes
author which included a more realistic characterization. wrote medea and the trojan women. -
458 BCE
AGAMEMNON
performed at the annual dionysus festival in 458 BC and won first prize. -
431 BCE
MEDEA
an enchantress who helped to obtain the Golden Fleece from her father. cheated on by her husband, goes crazy, and murders her ex's new wife and her sons... then flies away on a chariot of fire in the sky. -
411 BCE
LYSISTRATA
Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate a peace. -
400 BCE
DULCITIUS
the play is about AGAPE, CHIONIA, IRENA who were martyrdoms of the holy virgins. -
336 BCE
ERA : Hellenistic Theatre
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330 BCE
Aristotle's Poetics
He defines poetry as a 'medium of imitation' that seeks to represent or duplicate life through character, emotion, or action. -
323 BCE
Death of ALEXANDER THE GREAT
He succeeded in forging the largest Western empire of the ancient world. HELLENISTIC ERA. -
206 BCE
THE BRAGGART SOLDIER
A young man from Athens relies on his clever slave to steal back the girlfriend who was kidnapped from him by an outrageously conceited soldier-for-hire. -
27 BCE
ERA : Roman Empire
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398
Council of Carthage
rise of christianity/christian church.
excommunication for Christians who attend theatre on holy days and actors forbidden sacraments until changing profession -
900
ERA : Early Middle Ages
( liturgical drama ; biblical plays ; tropes ) -
975
Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim
first woman writer of plays. -
1050
ERA : High Middle Ages
( transition out of churches ; mystery cycle plays ; saint/morality plays ) -
1300
ERA : Late Middle Ages
( everything is going to ruins.. things falling apart ) -
1500
ERA : Elizabethan Era
Queen Elizabeth I joined the chat and banned religious theatre. -
1500
Commedia Dell'arte
an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theaters in the 16th–18th centuries, based on stock characters -
1500
THE SECOND SHEPHERDS PLAY
mystery play about.. two people faking this sheep as a baby to trick the others because they're hungry. comedy. -
1564
SHAKESPEARE WAS BORN
the legend himself joined the chat. too bad he wasn't famous until after he was dead. -
FAUSTUS
guy sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge... didn't work out too hot for him in the end. -
ERA : 16th Century
development of autos sacramentales and comedias. ALSO Spanish forces colonize the Americas, uses Spanish theatre forms blended with native forms to entertain. -
KING LEAR
in an attempt to avoid future strife, divides his kingdom between his three daughters.. and things just get messy from there. -
First Settlement in North America
theatre boomed in the 1700s. -
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
it tells the story of a young widow who marries against the wishes of her powerful brothers, setting off a storm of revenge. -
FUENTE OVEJUNA
Fuenteovejuna is a historical play, based on an uprising in the village of Fuenteovejuna in 1476. -
Lope De Vega
a Spanish playwright and poet of the Golden Age in the late 16th century to 17th century. (he wrote Fuenteovejuna and from 800-1800 comedias) -
ERA : Neoclassicism
focused on comedy/domestic, tragedy/noble, focus on realism and probability, violence happened off stage, use of three unities, and it was perfected in france. -
LIFE IS A DREAM
tells the story of King Basilio, who imprisons his son, Segismundo, at birth, because his astrological studies have given him reason to fear that the boy will grow up to be a tyrant and a rebel against his authority. -
Charles II is BACK to the throne
he reopens theatres and established theatre companies -
TARTUFFE
one of the most famous theatrical comedies by Molière. it's about a religious hypocrite and con-man who creeps his way into Orgon's household and almost walks away with the house. -
Nell Gwynn
a famous woman in the world of theatre who played "breech roles" -
Pepys
Diary with his reactions to plays and filled with staging practice -
THE COUNTRY WIFE
a Restoration comedy written in 1675 by William Wycherley. Popular for its lively characters and its double entendres, the bawdy comedy was occasionally vilified for immorality. -
PHAEDRA
Phaedra confesses to her nurse that she is in love with her stepson, Hippolytus. Phaedra reveals her love to Hippolytus when she finds our her husband is dead. But she ends up dying in the end. -
THE ROVER
The Rover follows the band of banished English cavaliers as they enjoy themselves at a carnival in Naples. The story has multiple plotlines that surround the Englishmen.
